Glenn Thibeault testifies in Liberal bribery trial in Sudbury, Ont.
SUDBURY, Ont. — A former New Democrat MP who left his party to run in an Ontario byelection for the provincial Liberals testified Tuesday that he asked for, and received, income replacement and paid jobs for two staffers.
But the Liberals did not promise him a promotion to cabinet if he won the 2015 byelection, Glenn Thibeault, who is now Ontario’s energy minister, told the trial of two provincial Liberals in Sudbury, Ont., facing charges under the Election Act.
Premier Kathleen Wynne took the stand last week and, like Thibeault, denied that she promised him a cabinet position to get him to run for her party.
But the spectre of a cabinet position does not form the basis of any of the charges before the court.